you and james should do a play through with snes batman forever. the one you reviewed and said played like mortal kombat. i had that game when i was a kid and i thought it was very fun. i still can’t beat it. the later levels are more fun and there is alot of secrets too thank you for your videos. monkey cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeese!!!!

I think an awesome Halloween game (for either AVGN or J&M) is Tecmo’s Deception. Its a PS1 game, a generation later than James usually goes, but its perfect. Its got a lot of unique and fun aspects to it, but it was made, as James put it in his review of Castlevania 64, “During that awkward time between the new and the old.” It has just as much to like about it as there is to hate- perfect for an AVGN episode.

The game is very similar to the old Prince of Persia and Flashback games. I never heard of this particular game (Nosferatu) before. After seeing James’ and Mike’s video, I clicked through some of the longplay for Nosferatu on YouTube. While there are some very difficult-looking sections, it is extremely repetitive and gets boring very quickly. It is good that James and Mike didn’t invest a lot of time trying to play through the whole game.

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It’s kinda disappointing that you guys don’t know Prince of Persia at all, or else you would have pointed out how this game is basically a horror version of it. Same graphics, similar gameplay… Sure it gives it a legitemately different spin, but they were clearly borrowing from PoP. I’m guessing you’re not very used to PC games.

Bonus video! Sweet! I never played this one, but it kind of reminds me of Prince of Persia, with “grabbing for ledges” game mechanic. The theme looks pretty cool, but I can see where it looks like it may go sour quickly… I think it’s funny that this game may be hard, but not as hellish as Super Ghouls and Ghosts! If you guys are passing this up to play other things, I can’t wait to see what they are! Thanks!

Wow, never heard of this one. The graphics and animation look really nice, but it does come across as a poor man’s Castlevania. Have you guys ever played Clock Tower? That’s a great snes game to play around halloween times. sadly, for some reason it was never released in north america, so you either have to resort to emulation or happen to own a super famicon.

I think what is “off” about it is that you have a movie from the black and white era, and cut scenes which seem to depict the same, yet have a hero who looks like Rowdy Roddy Piper in They Live, rocking the denim vest and rolled up jeans.

This game is super cool, I don’t even mind the prince of persia / flashback type controls. but the moves are soooo finicky. maybe I need more practice but to me this fails on controls alone… it’s super frustrating considering the rest of the awesomeness, like there’s a plexiglass wall between you and this great game.

As someone who actually has beaten this game, i can confirm that there is no weapon, and the bosses quickly become things you should not be able to beat down with your fists; the Zombie Lord, a ghost, a golem, then the Vampire Lord himself, Nosferatu. The ghost is the hardest of them, I find. If you want to try the others, there’s a level select code, go to options and press LLRRRLLLR. The fight with Nosferatu is fairly epic.

I bought this game a coupe of years ago and it made me laugh as you punched the monsters in the face to proceed! I like games of this style, the best one I’ve played is Flashback. Out of this World is pretty cool too. Perhaps you could revist this one for like an AVGN Halloween episode?